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- Title
Fast Mapping in Children with Learning Disability.
- Authors
Meghashree; Kuriakose, Theaja; R., Supriya; G., Tejaswini
- Abstract
Learning disability is a heterogeneous group of disorders manifested by significant difficulties in the acquisition and use of listening, speaking, reading, writing, reasoning or mathematical abilities. These disorders are intrinsic to the individual and presumed to be due to Central Nervous System Dysfunction. Even though a learning disability may occur concomitantly with other handicapping conditions (e.g. sensory impairment, mental retardation, social and emotional disturbance) or environmental influences (e.g. cultural differences, insufficient/inappropriate instruction, psychogenic factors) it is not the direct result of those conditions or influences (National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities 1980). This disorder can make it problematic for a person to learn as quickly or in the same way as someone who is not affected by a learning disability. People with a learning disability have trouble performing specific types of skills or completing tasks. Dollaghan (1987) describes fast mapping as "a lexical acquisition strategy in which a listener rapidly constructs a representation of an unfamiliar word on the basis of a single exposure to it. This initial representation might contain information on semantic, phonological, or syntactic characteristics of the new lexical item, as well as non-linguistic information related to the situation in which it is encountered". Aim: The present study was taken up with the aim of understanding the nature of fast mapping in children with learning disability. Method: the participants were 30 normal children (15 Males and 15 Females) without any speech and language problems and 15 children (7 Females and 8 Males) diagnosed as having learning disability. The material used for the study was 20 familiar words and 10 novel words. Fast mapping ability for the novel words were compared between the normal children and children with learning disability. Results: Results indicated that there is a significant difference in fast mapping skills between normal and children with learning disability. Children with learning disability had poorer performance compared to that of normal.
- Subjects
CHILDREN with learning disabilities; CENTRAL nervous system diseases; SPEECH disorders; LANGUAGE disorders; COGNITIVE learning
- Publication
Language in India, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 11, p387
- ISSN
1930-2940
- Publication type
Article